Solution and vapour deposited lead perovskite solar cells: Ecotoxicity from a life cycle assessment perspective

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-310

  Espinosa, Nieves ^a   Serrano Luján, Lucía ^b   Urbina, Antonio ^b   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Environmental assessment; Lead perovskite solar cells; Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaic technology

Indexed keywords

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); DEPOSITION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PEROVSKITE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; VAPOUR PHASE DEPOSITIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924630830     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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